Free software (GPL v2.0 or later) reimplementation of "The Wing of Madoola" with bug fixes and optional gameplay enhancements. OpenMadoola was developed so people who own "The Wing of Madoola" on cartridge or on Steam can have more fun with their game. OpenMadoola is not a standalone game and will not function without externally supplied game data. This project is not licensed or endorsed by Sunsoft.
In order to function, OpenMadoola requires the font.bin, 2c04.pal, and nes.pal data files as well as the demo and mml directories from this repository. These are included with the pre-built Windows binaries on the Releases page. OpenMadoola also requires a Wing of Madoola ROM image. The ROM image can either be a standard NES ROM file named "madoola.nes" or the "sharedassets0.assets" file from Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection on Steam. OpenMadoola reads all the graphics and level data from the ROM image, and will refuse to start if it is not present.
If you don't have an original cartridge or don't want to deal with dumping it, I would recommend buying the collection on Steam rather than downloading a ROM off the internet. It's only $13 and has a nice interface with high-quality scans of the manual as well as some concept art. It also shows Sunsoft that there's interest in their legacy IP. To retrieve the "sharedassets0.assets" file, go to your Steam library, right click the Sunsoft collection, and click "Manage->Browse local files". It will be in the "SUNSOFT is Back! Retro Game Selection_Data" directory.
OpenMadoola will attempt to read the ROM image and data files from these directories:
$XDG_DATA_HOME/openmadoola~/.openmadoola/app/share/openmadoola/usr/local/share/openmadoola/usr/share/openmadoola- Current working directory
It will also write configuration and save data to $XDG_DATA_HOME/openmadoola if it exists, otherwise ~/.openmadoola.
OpenMadoola will attempt to read the ROM image and data files from the current working directory (typically the directory the executable is in). If it doesn't see a ROM image in the current working directory, it will also try reading from the default Steam install directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SUNSOFT is Back! レトロゲームセレクション). OpenMadoola will write configuration and save data to the current working directory.
| Keyboard | Gamepad (xbox layout) | Equivalent NES button |
|---|---|---|
| Up | D-Pad Up | D-Pad Up |
| Down | D-Pad Down | D-Pad Down |
| Left | D-Pad Left | D-Pad Left |
| Right | D-Pad Right | D-Pad Right |
| X | X | B |
| Z | A | A |
| Right Shift | Back | Select |
| Enter | Start | Start |
You can change the controls in the options menu. Pressing A+B+Select+Start while in-game will exit to the title screen.
Also in the options menu, you'll find a "game type" setting. The "Original" game type tries to simulate the original NES game but with important bugfixes. The "Plus" game type (the default) includes additional fixes for more minor bugs as well as tweaks that I think improve the game. The "Arcade" game type is a recreation of the VS. System port.
- Game runs without NES hardware limitations (no slowdown, no sprite flicker, no garbage on the edge of the screen).
- Game progress is saved to disk.
- The status/stage screens can be skipped by pressing the Start button.
- Fixed a bug where collecting the Wing of Madoola and then entering a door would make Darutos not spawn.
- Fixed a bug where killing Darutos and then dying to one of his fireballs would let you skip fighting him after continuing.
- Fixed a bug where sound effects would sometimes get stuck on, glitch out, etc.
- Fixed a bug where pausing and then unpausing on a castle level would cause the noise channel to drop out of the music.
- Fixed a bug where the mirroring on the fireball that some enemies throw wasn't initialized.
- Added the opening/ending text from the arcade version of the game.
- Added a second emulated sound chip just for music (meaning that channels won't cut out to play sound effects).
- Music doesn't restart when warping within the same stage.
- Music doesn't restart when pausing/unpausing the game.
- The arcade version of the boss music is used instead of the console version.
- The selected weapon is visible during gameplay, and you can change weapons without pausing.
- Darutos gets drawn even when he's only partially visible, making him easier to see.
- You can kill multiple enemies at once when they're on top of each other (makes dealing with Nyurus much less annoying).
- Fixed a bug where the orb you get at the end of a level wasn't animated correctly.
- Fixed a bug where Nipata would get stuck if it spawned in a narrow gap.
For a list of the all the changes I'm aware of between the console and arcade versions, see here. Here's a list of the changes between the real arcade version and the OpenMadoola version:
- The Plus changes (see above) are included
- Anything related to inserting coins isn't here. The continue system is the same as the other game types.
- The "Press Start" text on the title screen blinks slower than the original because I think it looks nicer.
- Lucia's health gets decremented by 1 point every 32 frames, but the changed MP mechanics aren't ported over.
- There's enemy collision in the attract mode. I added a couple other stages besides Stage 1 to the attract mode to add some variety.
- Lucia starts with 3 lives instead of 2. This may have originally been a DIP switch though.
- Because OpenMadoola has start/select buttons, none of the control changes have been ported over.
- I didn't add the Stage 4 change because it seems like a mistake.
- I didn't add the camera change because I like the camera from the console version (which centers Lucia when she's on solid ground) more than the arcade version (which only moves up/down when Lucia is at the edge of the screen).
- The high score entry screen is made up because there's no public footage of it.
- There's no "hard mode" option for increased enemy damage.
- The game over screen doesn't play after you beat the game.
- Lucia can only use the fountain once per life, per stage. Otherwise you can get stay in a stage indefinitely and kill enemies over and over, which breaks the scoring system.
- All the default high scores are now 10x lower. In my opinion, the default high scores should be relatively easy to beat.
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